Ins pm gen exist dual lead at Dominican Hospital

1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1427181007

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Feb 28, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,965.15

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$4,367.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$312.73 with COSC Psych vs $32,713.00 with Health Net — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
COSC Psych Medicaid|All Plans $312.73 ↓ -84%
BCBS - Anthem Medicaid|All Plans $312.73 ↓ -84%
Central California Alliance for Health Medicaid|All Plans $312.73 ↓ -84%
Health Net Medicaid|> 21 $473.13 ↓ -76%
Health Net Medicaid|< 21 $473.13 ↓ -76%
Kaiser Commercial|All Plans $2,838.55 ↑ +44%
Western Growers Commercial|All Plans $3,056.90 ↑ +56%
Healthsmart Commercial|All Plans $3,493.60 ↑ +78%
First Health Commercial|All Plans $3,711.95 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial|All Plans $3,711.95 ↑ +89%
United Commercial|All Other Plans $3,930.30 ↑ +100%
United Commercial|HMO $4,192.32 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Options PPO $4,192.32 ↑ +113%
United Commercial|Non-Options PPO $4,367.00 ↑ +122%
United Medicare|All Plans $4,367.00 ↑ +122%
Kaiser Medicare|All Plans $4,367.00 ↑ +122%
Health Net Medicare|All Plans $4,367.00 ↑ +122%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|DHMF $4,978.38 ↑ +153%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|Exchange $6,296.00 ↑ +220%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|ACO Trio $6,581.00 ↑ +235%
Blue Shield CA Commercial|All Other Plans $8,045.00 ↑ +309%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|All Other Plans $9,272.00 ↑ +372%
BCBS - Anthem Commercial|MCS $12,953.00 ↑ +559%
Sutter Health Commercial|All Plans $13,668.71 ↑ +596%
Aetna Commercial|HMO $23,174.00 ↑ +1079%
Aetna Commercial|PPO $23,352.00 ↑ +1088%
Health Net Commercial|Community Care $24,182.00 ↑ +1131%
Health Net Commercial|Care Product $29,441.00 ↑ +1398%
Health Net Commercial|Blue Gold $29,786.00 ↑ +1416%
Blue Shield CA Medicare|All Plans $30,837.92 ↑ +1469%
Health Net Commercial|All Other Plans $32,713.00 ↑ +1565%

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Ins pm gen exist dual lead at other California hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. John's Camarillo Hospital Camarillo $31,547.39 $473.13 – $57,040.26
Queen of The Valley Medical Center Napa $58,773.42 $5,592.00 – $113,226.00
Providence Mission Hospital - Mission Viejo Mission Viejo $12,018.24 $5,171.00 – $52,926.57
Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge $12,818.66 $312.73 – $45,945.00
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana $5,004.30 $1,142.00 – $52,926.57
California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles $47,444.16 $281.46 – $77,280.17
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank $9,596.30 $1,142.00 – $52,926.57
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton $16,385.76 $4,188.00 – $52,926.57

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